Refactor GHA add-label.js to use label-directory.json

[t-will-gillis]

Overview

Currently, the GHA workflow files that add, remove, and change labels on issues identify each label by its name (i.e. the 'labelName') directly. Instead of hard-coding each label name, we want these files to identify each label by a general ID (i.e. 'labelId') so that different HfLA project groups will be able to use the GHA workflows without needing to match the label names used by the Website team.

Action Items

This issue involves the "Schedule Friday" GitHub Action, and you must set up your environment for testing GHAs in order to work on this issue. See notes below in "Resources/ Instructions", and ask questions if you need additional help- GHAs can be tricky, and if you get stuck somewhere, someone who has worked on these before might have information that will save you a lot of time.

• Before making any of the edits following, first create a test branch in your repo and demonstrate the current, correct behavior of the "Schedule Friday" GHA. Afterwards, create an additional branch for the edits following- this is the branch that will be attached to the PR.

Refer to add-label.js.

• A preliminary search found that this file uses the following labels. As you work through this issue, confirm that this list is correct, and note any additions or subtractions as needed:
  • Status: Updated,
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  • 2 weeks inactive.
• Add to // Import modules:

  const retrieveLabelDirectory = require('../../utils/retrieve-label-directory');
  

• Add comment:

  // Use labelIds to retrieve current labelNames from directory
  

  then for each label, consult label-directory.json and replace labelName with the labelId:

  const <labelId> = retrieveLabelDirectory('<labelId>');
  

• Search the code for instances of the original label name and substitute the defined above.
• Search for all code comments referencing a specific label name and replace with a generalized description.
• Perform a test in your own repo that demonstrates that there is no change to the GHA's functionality after making the edits.

Resources/Instructions

• Refer to Hack for LA's GitHub Actions (current revision), especially Tips 6, 7, and 8, if you have not already created you personal environment for testing.
• How to Test GitHub Actions
• Additional Notes for GitHub Actions
• This issue is part of the epic Epic: Refactoring GHA - JavaScript files to use common key: value JSON #6454

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